Punta Allen,Mexico's history with tropical systemscurrent weather
(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given(since 1871).

Years within or near core
1874tsbr,1879,1880tsbr,1880br,1887br,1887ts,1888tsbr,1889,1893ts,1893-2br,1895ts,1898tsbr,1903brm,1905ts,1906ts,1916br,1920ts,1928ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1933,1934,1938,1944,
1947ts,1951m,1955,1967br,1974brm,1988brm,1988ts,1990ts,1995m,1996tsbr,2005brm,2005ts,2005m,2007brm,2011ts,2012br,2017ts,2020tsbr,2020ts,2020brm,2020br,2021br,2024br,2024tsbr
49 times in 153 yrs end of 2024






Names from list above D storms most likely to impact area
Charlie,Hilda,Beulah,Carmen,Gilbert,Keith,Diana,Roxanne,Dolly,Emily,Stan,Wilma,Dean,Rina,Ernesto,Franklin,Cristobal,Gamma,Delta,Zeta,Grace,Beryl,Nadine,

Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=23, 46.81% H=26, 53.19%

Longest gap between storms
13 years 1975-1987

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.12 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours)
(10h)once every 15.30 years

Average years between major hurricane hits in Punta Allen.(3)
once ev 51 years

Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts)
106 mph


Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2027

Last affected by
2024 Oct 19th tropical storm Nadine brushes well to the south by 131 miles at closest approach with 50mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1879 Aug 20th,80mph from the ESE
1889 Sept 17th,110mph from the East passes just south
1933 Sept 22nd,105mph just north from the ESE
1934 June 8th, 80mph from the south.
1938 Aug 25th, 95mph from the ESE
1944 Aug 22nd,90mph from the ESE just north
1951 Hurricane Charlie hits Aug 19th with 130mph winds just north from the ESE
1955 Sept 16th Hurricane Hilda hits with 110mph winds from the east
1995 Oct 10th,Hurricane Roxanne hits just north with 115mph winds from the east
2005,Oct 21st Hurricane Wilma passes by to the NE while moving NW by nearly 60 miles. Extensive damage to areas south of Cozumel even more so than from Hurricane Emily earlier in the year.At this time Wilma had winds of 140mph & was moving very slowly.radar animation(Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School)

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Stat sources: NHC Track maps/hurdat2/cyclone reports Hurricane research division
Text Sources:(alp)....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Schwartz.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....plus many more.............

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